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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-08-05
WEST POINT EXAMINATION

The competitive examination for APP
pointment as cadet at West Point took
place Tuesday afternoon at the Normal
school. The examining board consisted
of DIR. J. w. Andrews and Messrs. J. L.
Washburn and G. L. Roos, the latter Of
New Ulm. There were but eight APP
plicants, as follows:
Wilson Webb, aged Is, Tracy, Red.
wood county.
Harry E. Smith, aged II, Waseca, Red
wood county.
VIM. F. Wilds, aged 81, Lake Wash.
ington, LeSueur county.
Chas. L. Kane, aged 10, Green Isle
Sibley county.
John H. Rishmiller, aged 20, Hender'
son, Sibley county.
James ]. Egan, aged l8, Faxon, Sibley
county.
Adam c. Buck, aged 10, Henderson
SIbleY county.
Louis C. Scherer, aged 10, New Ulm
Brown county.
The applicants were all examined II
the common branches and were after
wards given a physical examination.
Congressman Lind was present ant
assisted in conducting the examination
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THE NEW ULM CELEBRATION.

The celebration of the twenty-fifth an
niyersary of the battle of New Ulm viii
be celebrated at that place August 2;
and "a. The following programme hal
been prepared:
TUESDAY, AUGUST q.
1870 p. m. Reception of guests a
depot.
Address of Welcome by Mayor Wesch
ke, at Turner Hall.
Assignment to Quarters.
Promenade Concert at Turner Hal
Park.
Evening: Concert, Tableaux and dance
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST "a.
Ga. m. Assembly at Turner Hall.
Procession through Principal Streets.
Orations at Turner Hall Park.
Up. m. Meeting of Defenders As
ISOLATION.
Drive about City and Vicinity.
Banquet.
The Omaha road has consented to run
special train Aug. % for the convent
ence of those desiring o attend the cele
bration. 1t will leave St. Paul at $40 a
M, pass Mankato at 11:55 and arrive q
New Ulm at 1870 p. m.
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(From Saturdays DAILY FREE PREss.)

"A marriage license was granted to-
day to Geo. II. Johnston and Grace Nc
Kibben.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Roos lost three
months old baby yesterday morning and
the funeral occurred this forenoon.
Mr.. Will Thurston arrived at Gar
den City this week with eighteen i'm
ported stations. He expects ffsy shet-
land ponies in September.
The Lake Crystal case, concerning
the raising of the water in the adjoining
lakes, has been settled and the commits
sioners have been appointed.
Miss Hattie Hale is making prepar-
atoms to go to housekeeping in her
newly purchased home on Fourth street.
She will be joined next week by her
mother, who has resigned her position
in the institution for the deaf and dumb
at Faribault which she has held for six
teen years past.
The improvement o! the Normal
school grounds will begin soon and about
5000 will be expended on the Work. The
fence will be re moved and the grounds
graded down in front. The course Of
Warren's creek, where it goes through
the yard, will be changed and the
grounds protected by stone wall. When
completed, it will be a beautiful park
and the only one ever likely TO be neal
the center of the CITY.
Mr.. George Fletcher, son OIL. g. M
Fletcher, ESQ.,, Of this city, was married
to Miss Anna Kimball, at the home o.
that young lady in Chicago Thursday
evening. Mr.. Fletcher Is well known
in Mankato, having been brought up anC
passing the greater part of his life here
For several years past he has been en-
gagged IN business at Minneapolis, il
which city the newly married pair vii
take up their residence. Mr.. L. G. NJ
Fletcher and Miss Fletcher, Of this city
went to Chicago to attend the wedding
The railroad and warehouse com
mission yesterday rendered its opinion
in the matter of the application of tn,
Minneapolis and st. Louis Railway com
pany for the establishment of uniform
freight rates over its line by way of Wat
erville to Red Wing, Nortnfeld, Cannon
Falls, Faribault, Dundas, Waterford
Randolph and other points as existing
upon the shorter lines of the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul and the Minneso
ia & Northwestern road, and still per
NIT it to retain the same local freigh
tariff. There is split in the commits
sion, Commissioners Becker and Glib
denying the application, and Commits
sioner Austin presented dissenting re
port fayoringIt. As majority is againf
it the application is denied.
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LIVE STOCK AND FAIR AssocIA,
TON.

A meeting of the directors of the Live
Stock and Fair Association was held last
Friday eve., directors G. M. Green, C. F
Warner, H. Himmelman, Jr., P H. Car.
ney, Geo. Pond, M. T. Fall and R. L.
Houk being present.
The premium list was revised, the
second premiums being cut down to hall
the first premiums and some of the first
premiums reduced. Several classes were
added to the list bringing the tota
amount offered up to about the same al
last year. The purses for the races have
not yet been made up.
The following superintendent were
appointed:
Cattle, M. B. Wood; horses and jacks
VIM. Hodgson; swine and sheep, HI. W
Mendenhall poultry, M. j. Cuddy
grains and seeds and vegetables, MInel
Porter; flowers and fruit, sugar, syrup
honey, etc., w. H. Pay; manufacture
and farm implements, wagons, etc., ii
P. Christensen; fine arts, /. Longini
textile fabrics, James Shoemaker; butter
and cheese, j. P. Christensen.
The premium list and posters are e
be printed at once. The time of the fail
is Sept. 20 to % inclusive and the pros
poets appear to be very favorable for I
large and successful meeting.
The directors adjourned until Aug. ii
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Adjourned
The Cutest Little Things

"Cute"l he echoed. "Well, don't
know as the adjective would have oc-
Cured to me in just that connection.
But if you mean that they do their work
thoroughly, yet make no fuss about it;
cause no pain or weakness; and, in
h Snof and sl potbing tbaf Il onobt not than
agree that Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets are about the cutest little things
goingl
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Pasture Land.

The Undersigned has just completed the
fencing Of 200 acres of additional pasture OF
the choicest kind and can take 100 head of cat.
tie and horses, assuring them abundant feed
until November. Water supply, the LIE SueuT
river, running through the tract for half q
mile. For colts and horses, field securely
fenced with boards. Price only ST. 90 for cattle
and $3.50 for horses for the entire season
Apply to Chas Soaring, or II. Schindle on the
premises, ~ miles southeast of the city, or to
EDWARD SEALING.
Mankato, June 10th. SO.
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Summer Excursions.

The Chicago & Northwestern Railway
has placed on sale cheap excursion tick.
cts 10 Buffalo, Niagara. Falls, Chautauqus
Lake, Ogdensburg and Rouse's Point, N
Y; Portland, Me-, Montreal and Que.
bee; Concord, Fabyans, North Conway
and Plymouth, N. H., via Boston, Alex.
andria Bay Thousand islands,, Brant.
ford. Berlin. Belleville, Brockville
Goderich, Coburg, Guelph, Hamilton
Kingston, London, Ottawa, Port Hope
Prescott and Toronto, Ont; Bellows
Falls, Bethel, Braintree, Burlington
Hartford, Montpelier, Mortified, Roy
alton, Rutland, st. Adams, Springfield
Waterbury, White River Junction, VT.
and other Eastern points; also tickets tc
Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland, Ore
gon, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sar
Diego and many other points in the
West and Northwest. For rates and full
information apply to Ticket Agent 9. &
NV. R'y. 2w8
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-Frink & Richards have made aston
ishing low figures on many lines oil
goods in their new add of this issue
Read it.
The enterprise of Chicago by no
means limited to commercial channels.
1t is rapidly developing group of Edu-
cational Institutions of high order.
Among the most prominent Of these are
Ferry Hall and Lake Forest Academy.
Announcement for the present year will
be found in another column.
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The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Self Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by J..
&. Jones.
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large rooms for rent, with or without
stabling. Also new room honse and
lot for sale, located on corner Elm and
Second streets. Inquire of B. Bangerter's
shoe store.
stiff JOHN H. SCHMIDT.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The Register of Deeds reports the fol-
lowing real estate transfers for the week
ending to-day:
M Mead, admir-, to F Kietzer
WI nw4, sec 80, 1O6-28............-- 1850
Rufus o Pierce to Dav. H Cramp-
son, 10 acres in sec Is, 107-25.... 80
Sarah E. Merrill and others to Oh
A Gilmore, sw4, sec II, 107-28.. 1850
Charles F Hatch, trustee and wife
to Henry Shaubut, that portion
of n 81 82-100 a of e127 25-100 of 49,.
set, and that portion of W 8
1890 a. of nj nw4 set, sec 20,
which lies of W. M. & P. RR.,
and w. & st. P. r. R...............
Charles A Payne and wife to Pat
rick Hughes, net nw4, and WI,
nw4, sec. 6, 107-2S, except right
of way of G., st. PM. go. RR.
and tract belonging to same con-
tanning 2 0-100........."............. $500
Geo Edwards and wife to Julia
Ann Mapson, one acre in sec23
/ IOo-Zo..".................. llU
Julia A. Mapson and husband to
Chester Brace, one acre in sec
e, 105-2S. .............................. 1OO
Robert Jones and wife to John 7
Williams, und. of lot z, block
10, Parsons add ..................... rs
Joseph Kron to Conrad Wolf, lot
20, Marsh's sub-div. of lots 81
to SO, Marsh Bros. add.............. 800
William B Hill and wife to Sonora
c Pullen, land in lot 4, Add. A,
Lake Eagle ............................ 20
| Walter Mann and wife and VIM r
Merriam and wife to Carl Malz-
Ike, 81, swf, sec %, 107-27.......... ,280
British and American Mortgage
Co. to Horace E. Sugar, nwf,
sec 20, 105-29, notes and............ $50
Patrick H Flynn to Ann Noun
tain, nj, swf sec Z, l06-27, exc.
SO 5000 a. and 20 a................ 200
John S Hinckley and wife to M
] Klinge, lot 8, blocks 9, Hinck-
| ley's ............................... 800
David NJ Marston to Gustav Mi
chel, e 40 a. of so a. of Ell sw4
sec IL, 1927, west of Blue
| Earth rlver.....-.................. 420
Andrew Richmond and wife to
Charles E. Davis, nd, ne4, sec7,
| lO6-29.-................. Soc
John C. Noe and wife to Johann
Schulz, Ell, net, sec 30, 1922. 1000
Total, II deeds. $10,OS2
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Shirts to Order.

/ have just secured the exclusive right
to use the most approved method fol
cutting and manufacturing Shirts, and
am now prepared to receive orders
Everything guaranteed first-class, and
prices reasonable
29tf j. c. HANSEN,
Merchant Tailor. near City Hotel.
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The Palace Restaurant has opened its
elegant Ice Cream Parlors; Mr.. Heinze
is always along with the season. Al
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Minneapolis q ST. Louis Railway

CANNON yALLEYl
Depart. Arrive,
Chicago, Kansas City,
burlington, Cedar Rap
ids, DesMoines, st. Paul
Minneapolis, Passenger $500 a. m. T:az p IN.
81. Louis, Kansas City,
ST. Paul, Minneapolis,
SorthteId Passenger, 's.OS p. m. 1880 am.
Redwing, waIerYille,
Cannon Falls, Accom-. .osVo u. IN. .S:vo pun
Madison Lake Passenger, $3.50 g. m +s'Vo Pm
sDaTlv exeept Sunday, $Sunday only.
r. F. POwERs, Agent.
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LETTER LIST.

List of letters remaining uncalled for at the
postoffce at Mankato, Minnesota for the week
i ending Friday AuQ r. 1887
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Cnicaro HIIwaukes n 50. PAUL
ohioaxos Southwestern
wTSoNA q ST. PETER,

WIEoNA ST. PETER. 49,
Going East Depart. Arrive
Ella Crosse Milwaukee
Chicago Day Express -. lao an ls9Sa-m'
tia Crosse Milwaukee &
Chicago Night Express. III :OOp.m. il:Sop-n'
Going West
sRedWpod Fails, Tracy
Huron Day Passenger "a. 3;Oop-m. t'Sop-m.
redwood Falls, Water
town, Aberdeen &P1erre ..o.-
Through EXpress--... - E;soa-m- S'Voan'
st. Peter, New Ulm and ,.,,o -
Tracy Accommodation s;OOa'm. lo;SOa.m'
sDaiIy, Except Sunday.
+DaiIy. No Sunday train 20 Redwood FAILS
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To Famers

Ice Cream and Soda Water at the Pal.
ace Restaurant. Al
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-08-05

Mild, soothing, and healing is DR..
Sage's Catarrh Re medy.
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To Famers
Farmers should not SOW cookie, mus
tard seed, wild buckwheat, etc., with
their seed when they can get a mill al
Jensen & Firestone's so astonishinglY
cheap that will take it out. This firm
have the best seeders in the market.
Call and see them. SO
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N RR led.
RckIen's Arnjca SaIye.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Par.
sonage by Rev. G. r. Hair, July 80, Mr. Geo
Henry Johnston and Miss Grace McKibben,
both OF this city.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-11-26
An Intellectual ant--Some'
times a Dreamer. Always
a Philosopher.
BY NATURE AN ICONOCLAST.
theoretically an Anarchist, Practically
a socIslIst-Extract from
His Writings.
New York Social Science.

New York Social Science.
August Vincent Theodore Spies
was born December 10, 1855, at
Friedewald, Kurhessen province
Hesse-Nassau since 1867. Ger
many. His father was a forester
government Officially. August
received his early education from
private tutors who prepared him
for the Polytechnicum, which he
attended for one year. He ther
began to study forestry (the sci
cncc of forest culture), having
chosen the profession of his father
He was unusually bright, and
made quite a reputation for him
self among his coeleves. When
but fourteen years old he had read
the great German classics, and
even parts of Kant's and Hegel's
philosophy; befor that he had al
ready become a religious skeptic
His philosophical disposition wa:
so manifest that his father named
him "thc dreamer.
AT the age of sevent cen, owing
to the sudden death of his father
August abandoned his studies
they being too expensive to con-
tinuc, and went to America. where
a pumber OF wealty relstives were
living. So far from being a So
cialist at this time, he was an en-
'thusiastic admirer of Bismarck
and "Old William" He knew
nothing about Socialism. except
what he>had read about it in the
newspapers during the Paris com
mune-namely, that it meant ar
equal division of property; toe
preposterous thing, as a matter
Of course, to be deserving of the
least consideration.
His relatives in New York ad
vised the youth to learn a trade
and he chose the furniture busi
ness upholstery. He did no,
remain in New York very long
but went to Chicago, where he
has lived since October of 1872
One year of this time, however
he spent in the country, working
on farm. with the intention ol
becoming a farmer. Finding thai
the small farmers, and particularly
the renters, we're Systematically
robbed of their labor by the mort
gage lend, railroad and othel
sharks, and they we're made home
less and driven from the soil
which they had by hard labor
transformed from prairie into cul'
tvatated acres, he retur ned to the
city and engaged in the furniture
business for himself. Prior tc
this, however, he travelled through
the Northern and Southern State:
10 see and study land and people
tie first became acquainted with
Socialistic literature in 1876. The
events of 1877 made him an avow'
ca Socialist. He studied the
great German, French an English
writers and thinkers upon the sub
ject (among them Marx and
rroudhon, and the Social histo-
mans Buckle and Morgan). and
IN 1873 became connected with
the Socialistic Labor Party. In
1880 he was called to take the
management of the daily Ay6sits,
%f'flmg ia Socialistic organ), then
on the verge of bankruptcy. He
succeeded in saving the paper and
d ayear later was entrusted with
inc editorial management, in
vince position he remained until
aver the Haymarket occurrence.
In 1879 and so he was a candi-
ua'e on the Socialistic ticket. But
The Labor enquirer., 1887-11-26
BOSTON NhOURNS
New Era Hall the Scene Of 4
Sad and Memorable
Gathering.
WENDELL PHILLIPS WORDS.
Rloquent Tributes Of Respect Paid by
Veteran Refsrners to Our
Martyrs' Memories.

Hartyrs' Memories.
On the evening of November
II the leading labor men and
thinkers of Boston held a meeting
to express their adherence and
condemnation of the murder COM
mitted in Chicago that day. The
Boston '7yavelyt,. a capitalist dai-
| ly, the next morning contained
an excellent and apparently fair
account of the meeting, from
which the following is condensed:
The men an woman who met
in New Era Hall last night were
not low-browed criminals or igno-
rant slatterns. but many educated,
intelligent and well-dressed Amer
ican citizens met to protest
against what they considered a
wrong, perpetrated under the
name of law, on men of earnest.
but perhaps misguided purpose.
| u = = y
L ~
THE seating capacity Of the
hall was completely exhausted
and hundreds stood up along the
sides and the rear of the hall ex-
tending out into the ante-room,
when J. w. Badger, who had been
|elected chairman, stepped upon
the platform about eight o'clock
and gazed at the audience, unable
through the force of his emotions
to speak for nearly five minutes.
He nearly sobbed when he
started to speak, but regaining his
composure he paid an eloquent
tribute to the executed men.
C. S. GHfin was next introduc-
ed and said:
Friends, this is indeed funer-
al day to me. | knew these men
we'll. Their only sin was that they
aimed to abolish poverty-to
solve the problem of how to give
the poor an equal chance with
the rich. (Applause.) l had
hoped that the five might have
gone where the other three
are, and in time be released, but
the powers that rule were deter
mined to make an example of
them. Perhaps they believe in
their hearts that they were crimi-
nails. We who have read history
cannot help feeling that we are
awakening to a new era. / think
this is the new era. applause. J
Whether this new era will come
through blood orby civil measures
nobody can tell. Certainly the
conduct Of the ChicAgo officials
(hisses) does not show much
mercy.
"When Mrs. Parsons asked to
SEE her husband to-day, she was
refused permission, and when she
insisted that she must see him
Fonce more before they murdered
him, she was'put into a police
wagon. carried to Jail and locked
in a cell. Ipresume she is there
now. (Cries of Shame" They
ought to be hung.")
THE world will now know the
character of these men. Few will
Willy the dead. The rich men Of
Chicago have paid 100000 to
bring these men to the gallows.
Why was this done7 Are we not
right in supposing that that $780,
600 has influenced the press7
Il come here tonight with my
heart full and l cannot say much.
All Christendom is thinking to-
night, and the very powers that
put these men in their graves are
filled with shame and fear. Zap
plause and cheers.( While this
The Labor enquirer., 1887-11-26
FIENDISH Act.
MRS. Parsons Locked Up While
Her Husband Was Being
Hanged.
RECKONING DAY WILL COME.
Her Children and Friend Also Jailed
and Striped Denied . Parting
Word with Her Husband.

Under the deep shadow of that
awful TRACED enacted last week
many dark and shameful deeds
passed almost unnoticed; the
gloom. so dense that the close OF
the century will scarcely see il
lightened, veiled the blackness oi
injustices that would have ap-
palled the hearts of the people, il
thrown up against the light of free
dom in brighter days.
But they must be brought forth
now for investigation; the judg-
ment of the people must be given
on what passes for "law and order"
in a so-called free country.
1t will be remembered that
among the more thrilling accounts
contained in the dailies on Friday,
a casual notice of Mrs. Parsons
arrest "for persistent disobedience
of ORDERS" and that of a lady
friend "for haranguing the people"
was given. The officers were re-
ported as very courteous and
gentle" and "the ladies were given
arm chairs in the registry office,
merely to keep them away from
the crowd and prevent trouble"
This is the true story:
On Thursday evening, after the
governors tardy decision had
been given, Mrs. Parsons accom-
panied by Mr.. Holmes and myself
went to the Jail to plead for last
sad interview with her husband
She was denied an entrance, but
was told by the deputy sheriff ir
charge that she would be admitted
at half past eight on the following
morning. At that time she with
her children and myself were
promptly as near to the gates as
the police would permit. Every
street for two blocks away leading
toward the Jail was crossed by q
a rope and guarded by a line OF
police armed with Winchester
rifles.
| At the first corner Mrs Parson:
quietly made known her errand
The lieutenant sent her on to the
next corner. saying some one there
had power to grant her request
We passed on and were againtolc
to go to the next corner, and Sc
on, from one street to another we
were urged along for one whole
hour-a veritable game of "pussit
wants a corner" that would have
been ridiculous if it had not beer
so tragical. Sometimes it was the
deputy sheriff who was to bt
found at a certain corner, some
times some captain, endowed with
extraordinary powers, sometime:
it was the popularity of location
that promised an entrance beyond
the death line; but it was always
mot this corner but some Other
corner" Not once did an Officer
say. "You positively cannot see
your husband. You are forbidden
to enter his prison to bid him
farewell"
Meanwhile the precious mo-
ments were flying; sweet little
,,I,,'e f,ce w,c hlue with cold
and her beautiful eys we're swim
ming in tears. Manly little AL
bert too was shivering in the raw
atmosphere, while he patiently
followed his grief-stricken mother
from one war-like street to an
other. She besought the officers
only to take the children in fol-
one goodbye kiss from their
brave father. that his memory
might never be effaced from their